The Traer Air Gun (TAG) Team has brought Olympic-style air-pistol shooting to north Tama County for nearly 60 participants over its five-year existence and still is growing. Pete Holden hosts TAG in the Memorial Building on Thursday and Sunday, weather and event permitting for anyone from Dysart, Gladbrook, Tama, Reinbeck and Traer. Air pistols are […]
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Punjab Shooter Arjun Cheema Eyes Ticket to Tokyo
Punjab’s 17-year-old shooting prodigy Arjun Cheema is the latest shining product of the sport’s rising popularity in India after Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary, Anish Bhanwala, Elavenil Valarivan, and Sidhu twins Vijayveer and Udhayveer. After winning the gold medal in the men’s 10-metre air pistol event of the recent Khelo India Youth Games, the student of […]
IOC Approves ISSF Request to Prolong Tokyo 2020 Qualification Period
Last December, the newly elected ISSF Executive Committee had unanimously voted to prolong the internal Qualification period for the 2020 Olympic Games from April 30th, 2020, till May 31st, 2020. A request to accept such a change was sent to the IOC. The initiative belongs to the European Shooting Confederation (ESC). Back in autumn of […]
University of Memphis Athletics – Rifle Preview: Akron
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After more than 60 days off from competition for final exams and the semester break, the University of Memphis rifle squad returns to action Sunday, Jan. 20 with a neutral-site match versus Akron. The Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) match starts at 8 a.m. (CT) at the University of Kentucky Rifle Range in […]
Russian Shooters Shine at the H&N Cup in Munich
A total of 48 National Olympic Committees were represented in Munich (GER), where the H&N Cup were contested at the renown Olympic Shooting Range. More than 700 shooters traveled to Germany, competing in 18 Air Rifle and Air Pistol events – 16 individual and two mixed team ones. The top of the final medal standings […]
46 National Olympic Committees Expect Allocation of Quota Places for 2019 European Games in Minsk
Forty-six National Olympic Committees (NOCs) can expect the allocation of Quota Places in the shooting sport for the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus. On behalf of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and the European Shooting Confederation (ESC) the Organizing Committee (MECOG) will inform by the 1st of February 2019 the NOCs of their allocated Quota […]
Shooting Sports Season Kicked Off in Innsbruck with the Meyton Cup
The 2019 Meyton Cup were contested in Innsbruck (AUT) from the 18th to the 23rd of January. A total of 19 National Olympic Committees traveled with their athletes to the capital city of Tyrol, including ones of India, Japan, Mexico and Singapore. The shooters competed in 20 total events of Olympic Air Rifle and Air […]
Interview with ISSF President Vladimir Lisin
The interview was published on the Italian magazine Armi e Tiro by Massimiliano Naldoni: https://www.armietiro.it/lisin-la-issf-che-voglio-10391. Shooting is a sport with great tradition and history (even Pierre De Coubertin was a shooter). What are going to do in the next years to safeguard the great tradition of shooting sport? In order to be popular and keep the […]
The 2019 RWS Cup Concluded in Dortmund
The 2019 RWS Cup took place in Dortmund (GER), from January 16th to January 21st, and represented one of the first international tests for many skilled shooters, who are getting ready for the 2019 ISSF Season. A total of 200 athletes participated in the competition, while there were 12 nations represented: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, […]
Whittenburg Elected as Chairman, Marsh as Vice Chairman of USA Shooting Board of Directors
The USA Shooting Board of Directors elected Chad Whittenburg (Columbia, Tennessee, top picture) as Chairman and Rick Marsh (Searcy, Arkansas, bottom picture) as Vice Chair at their first meeting of 2019 in Colorado Springs. “I’m very excited about the direction of the USA Shooting Board,” Whittenburg said. “Rick and I are very like-minded, passionate entrepreneurial […]